Nvidia’s culture of ‘organized chaos’ is best suited for self-starters, says principal architect
Bryce Adelstein Lelbach says Nvidia doesn’t employ a strict hierarchy, and has a free-form culture. If you’re highly driven and independently motivated, you might be a culture fit for Nvidia. “I sometimes describe it as, it’s a little bit of, you know, organized chaos, which I really like,” Nvidia’s principal architect Bryce Adelstein Lelbach said…
Austin is the new capital of the robotaxi wars
Move over San Francisco; Austin is the new American robotaxi capital. Waymo made its debut in the city last week. The Google-backed startup is partnering with Uber to offer robotaxis on the app for the first time. Soon, it could be sharing the road with Tesla. CEO Elon Musk has said the automaker will launch…
My partner and I co-own a brownstone with 3 friends. All housing costs are split evenly, and we often have ‘family’ dinners.
Nick Allardice (not pictured), his partner, and his friends bought a brownstone in Brooklyn together. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nick Allardice. It has been edited for length and clarity. I grew up in an unconventional home. My parents co-owned their large house in rural Australia with two other couples and…
You can forget taking a flight to Germany today
Workers on strike at Frankfurt Airport, where over 1,000 flights were canceled Monday. Hundreds of thousands of passengers are facing disruption due to a strike in Germany, which has led to almost all flights at the country’s busiest airports being canceled Monday. The 24-hour walkout began at midnight on Monday and immediately caused mass disruption.…
Want to keep your best workers happy? Cut the low performers, a former Netflix HR director says.
A former HR director at Netflix said the company’s culture of feedback and transparency initially took him aback. From Meta to Microsoft, tech companies have recently been taking an ax to “low performers” — and their actions have caused some debate about the potentially damaging moniker. Netflix has never been shy about its high-performance culture,…
We’re getting rid of our Tesla — and Elon Musk’s politics have nothing to do with it
Admittedly, I’ve never been a car person. If it was up to me, I’d still be driving the 1979 Monte Carlo I learned to drive in. That behemoth had a red-faded-to-pink interior, and I could easily cram all my friends and our cheerleading gear into the back. But alas, I married a car guy. If…
How to protect yourself from a recession
Welcome back! A product manager has some advice for junior employees: Be the dumbest person in the room. Asking questions and listening rather than trying to tout your knowledge is the best bet. This will be my last edition for a bit, as I’ll be on parental leave until May. But don’t sweat it! You’re…
PE is fueling hiring in sports. Here are some of the hottest jobs.
Chad Biagini is the president of Excel Search & Advisory. More jobs are opening up in sports as new and emerging leagues find their footing and private equity flows into the sector. Sports teams, in particular, are creating more jobs. They’re looking for executives and senior staffers in key areas like marketing and revenue, Chad…
Why Michael Sheen used $130,000 of his own money to buy $1.2m worth of debt owed by people in his hometown
Michael Sheen speaks onstage during the BAFTA Cymru: St David’s Day Celebration panel discussion at BAFTA on February 20, 2023 in London, England. Michael Sheen has paid off £1 million ($1.2 million) of debt held by 900 strangers in his Welsh hometown, to highlight the issue of credit debt in the UK. According to the…
